Public File - Thames Valley

Public FileEach local commercial radio station in the UK has requirements in respect of its music and local content, such as news, speech levels etc. These requirements are set out in the station "Format", a document issued by Ofcom, the UK's radio regulator.

This Public File contains details of the elements that Ofcom regulate, such as music tracks, local news etc. It is intended to give you a better understanding of our output and what we are doing for our local community.

News Bulletin ScheduleHeart broadcasts locally produced news bulletins hourly between 0600 and 1900 weekdays, and 0600 and 1200 at weekends. In addition to these, news containing nationally produced content, is broadcast hourly at all other times with the exception of during the Big Top 40 Show. See the latest local news stories here.

Heart's Programme ScheduleHeart's programme schedule can be found here. This includes details of all the shows for the coming week as well as quick links to all the DJ pages.

Pre-recorded OutputFriday evenings between 1900 and 2100, Saturday afternoons between 1700 and 2100, Sunday mornings between 0600 and 1200, and Sunday evenings 1900 to 2200 are pre-recorded.

The amount of local programming per day produced by the stationHeart's weekday output from 6am-10am, 4pm to 7pm and weekends from 1pm until 5pm (Saturday) and 12pm until 4pm (Sunday) is produced and presented from our local studios, based in Reading. Off-peak programming (such as Toby Anstis, Matt Wilkinson, Club Classics, Zoe Hardman, Emma Bunton, Mark Wright, Stephen & Emma, JK & Lucy and The Big Top 40 Show is produced at various studios owned and operated by Heart's parent company, Global Radio Holdings Limited.

Events / Charities supportHeart supports Global’s Make Some Noise, which is run by Global Charities, part of Global, the media and entertainment group, home of 8 of the best loved and biggest commercial radio stations. The aim of Global’s Make Some Noise is to help disadvantaged children and young people across the UK. These youngsters may be affected by illness, disability, bereavement or lack of opportunity. Global’s Make Some Noise raises money through a variety of means, including an annual appeal day, overseas trekking challenges, running events and other on-air fund-raising initiatives.

Global’s Make Some Noise is an appeal operated by Global Charities, a registered charity in England & Wales (1091657) & Scotland (SC041475), find out more about our work at makesomenoise.com or email contact@makesomenoise.com

Heart also acts as the media partner for Cancer Research's Race for Life series of events. Cancer Research UK is the world's leading charity dedicated to beating cancer through research. We promote Race for Life across each of our Heart radio stations, supporting almost 200 events and 500,000 participants.

Comment or Complain about the stationIf you would like to comment or make a complaint about Heart 97-103, please email gareth.james@heart.co.uk providing details of your comment or complaint, and our programming team will help with your enquiry.

Heart TVHeart TV is licensed and regulated by the Office of Communications (Ofcom) under Television Licensable Content Service License No. 1658. The licensee operating Heart TV is Global Music Television Ltd, which is a subsidiary of Global Radio UK Ltd. Both companies are based at 30 Leicester Square, London WC2H 7LA.